Some 40 heads of global leaders who accepted Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s invitation and are coming to Jerusalem to participate in the 5th World Holocaust Forum, Beit HaNasi has produced a special film featuring the leaders’ statements supporting the fight against antisemitism. The film will be screened at dinner at Beit HaNasi and is based […]
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How shall Israel endure in a prospectively non-rational Middle East? This question represents an authentically existential query. Nuclear counter retaliation is complicated, has many-sided and uniquely daunting. “The rational is not thinkable without its other, the non-rational, and it never appears in reality without it.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Existence (1935) How shall Israel endure in a prospectively […]
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Israeli marketing analytics startup AppsFlyer has raised $210 million series D funding round at a company valuation of $1.6 billion, the company announced Tuesday. The round was led by General Atlantic, with participation from existing investors Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners (DTCP), Private Capital Investing (PCI), Qumra Capital, Magma Venture Partners, and Pitango Venture […]
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UBQ’s technology makes it possible to take the household waste that we all produce and make it an environmentally friendly material that can be used as a replacement for plastic. German automaker Daimler AG, Mercedes parent company, today announced its planning a pilot to test the Israeli eco-plastic innovation, alternatives for auto parts. The company […]
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Scientists at Cardiff University discovered a novel method of killing lung, breast, prostate and other cancers in the lab. Scientists at Cardiff University discovered a novel method of killing lung, breast, prostate and other cancers in the lab. The newly-discovered part is no other than our immune system. Researchers say it has “enormous potential”. Although […]
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Activist Osman Salih posted on Facebook images of the big cats on Saturday, writing “seeing these animals caged and be treated this way made my blood boil.” Five African lions held in cages at Al-Qureshi Park in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, suffering from shortages of food & medicine. The poor animals lost two-third of their body’s […]
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Photo Credit: Guy Lavian, Israel Nature and Parks Authority Double rainbow over Gedor Sea Reserve Today, Tuesday, has been officially called the coldest day of the current winter system. This morning, light snow began to fall in the northern Golan Heights, as well as in the higher neighborhoods of Tsfat. Snow is also expected to […]
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Photo Credit: Courtesy In a recent article by Rabbi Chananya Weissman, he disparages the whole idea of women learning Gemara and Daf HaYomi. This reminds me of the time my daughter wanted to attend a seminary not exactly in line with our Hashkafa and when we consulted with a relatively right wing Rabbi, he responded; […]
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Photo Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90 Joint Arab List MKs Heba Yazbak, Mtanes Shehadeh, and Mansur Abas, April 29, 2019. Senior officials of the Joint Arab List are saying that although Blue&White has joined the petition to disqualify Arab MK Heba Yazbak from running, the Arab list does not intend to announce that they wuld not […]
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Photo Credit: courtesy Betina Thorball {Originally posted to the Elder of Ziyon website} Ancient Roots Israel 2020 was meant to be a conference where people from all over Israel could hear herbalists speak in English. The organizers had high expectations for the event. It was to be a meeting of people from all walks of […]
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